Tuesday, January 21, 2014 - [Board-Game Cafe Day + Sticky]
Yo ! My week has been great so far, I've gotten several things on my to-do-list out of the wayyy ~ Let's start from yesterday, Monday!
I began the day by heading to ICA to collect my new passport ~
Because we were waiting for Dengyin to end her classes at 3pm, we sat and ate this for 2 and a half hours, who cares, we had unlimited drinks anyway, and chatted nonstop :DDDD Feeels sooooo gooooooood haven't seen her in ages! Probably even longer than not seeing Cheehooi and Kexin the other night!
Dengyin decided to drive past Bugis to avoid the tax barriers and drove to Serangoon instead ( my station! Okay almost every station in Singapore has a mall built above it so going to Serangoon means going to the NEX mall that's built above the train station and bus interchange; similarly, going to Clark Quay station means going to Central Mall and going to Yew Tee MRT means going to Yew Tee Point etc. So we're not just hanging in a train station. To Brizzy people: Imagine a Myer Centre above every train station with underpasses connected to the station )
So we took 2 train rides and transferred ( Google the SG maps if you're really interested ) and found Dengyin at the top floor of nex :D we started delving deep into some personal problems and sharing our experiences and opinions for a while and then we decided to go play at the arcade! :D
And we played 3-player Bishi Bashi and Beatmania and etc rahhh all the music and spamming games XDDD Jubeat machine was broken ):
Then they went off because Dengz has her regular 7pm tuition classes to give. I went to buy a Zhao Cai Mao, means Fortune-Bringing or Fortune-Waving Cat. In Chinese this type toy is called a 不倒翁 ( non-falling person ) which means that no matter how to roll the cat it'll bounce back upright :D Honestly have no clue what this kind of toy is called in English. So it's a un-fall-able cat that brings fortune ! XD going to bring it along with me when I next go to play Mahjong AHAHAHA
Okay Tuesday, today! K GO!
Dengz had planned a few days ago to go to the Board-Game Cafe today! (bet all of have been waiting for this post because I keep talking about working there and how amooiiiizing it is so now you know!) Before that .. I had to go to the Canadian Embassy one last time this morning to show them my new SG passport and had in the Oath I took and IT'S DONE. I don't have to return to ICA or the Embassy anymoreeeee HURRAYYYYYY my job in Singapore is done, nao fly me back to Australia pleaseeeeee!
Okay so the Embassy was 5minutes from Clark Quay station, so walked back to the station and like I said, there's a mall called Central Mall above it and I went in there to get some KANDY ~ I really like Sticky Candy because it can last forever and it remains yummy forever ~ Even tho it's hard candy, it melts and you can chew it after a few seconds.
become the hard round candy, you can just youtube Sticky Candy Making to find a 10minute clip on how this candy is made and how the different patterns are "printed" into the candy. I've watched the whole thing live so I know (: you actually need a shitload of strength to make this candy
FREE candy for us after I bought 3 jars.
Game One: Dixit
This is a picture game where you just describe the pictures and it's also a guessing game, I really like it, it's very easy and I'll probably buy this some day soon (: No one's gonna remember if I describe the game here so ... there's always Google if you're curious or you can text meeee (: Maybe because I was a literature student or maybe because I like looking for beauty within things I actually stared at the cards and found them very meaningful, meanwhile everyone's asking me to hurry up XD
DO YOU LIKE THE CARDS? Are you as intrigued as I am? Can you tell a story just by looking at them. YES YOU CAN. I know you can ! :D
Game Two: Jurassic Jumble
This is a party game with lots of screaming shouting and people will get hurt XDD I love this game so much because it's so brainless wahahahaha. *mustplayeverytime
We played another party game
Game Three: Ugly Dolls.
Also involved screaming snatching but it's a more of observation, memory and quick reaction game.
We decided to play a more challenging game, so Strategy game next!
Game Four: Sequence
We played girls vs boys, as you can see the board is made out of poker cards, so you draw poker cards in your turn and you pick a card and take turns placing the chips and try to get 5 in a row twice. The two rows of 5 must be parallel to each other or adjacent. So somewhat like Reversi because you can block your opponent and stuff. We took 45minutes to complete this game ._.
Game Six: Cash & Guns
hilarious party game of snatching or trying to settle the score diplomatically if that ever works XD
I began the day by heading to ICA to collect my new passport ~
I had intended to go there at 10am but <s> I snoozed far too much and </s> I reached the place at 11.15 or so, and it was embarrassing because I was supposed to meet Eeling, my dearest friend who I always refer to as the angel, because she's really such a sweetie, never heard a bad word or anything negative coming from her. (: So I was meant to finish my business and go meet her when her school ends at 11am D: It ended up being her reaching the ICA at 11.20 and waiting for me ):
88 people in queue. WHEEEWWWWWW
It actually only took about 30minutes or so to get to my turn (: and we probably left the Immigration office at 12. So we took a bus a couple stops away to go to Bugis ! Because Bugis was just one train station awayyyyy ~ I'm too lazy to get a map, if you do a quick Google of SG's train (MRT) system, you'll see Lavender (where the ICA is) is beside Bugis (a major shopping area) and also lots of food available ahahahaha. But, nothing exotic, I wanted PAELLAAA
Unfortunately.. there's NO Paella on the SG's Nando's menu (mega disappoint) so we had a platter for 2 instead (:
Nando's had some really strange promotions and giveaways .. This one sounds like Kickstarter ( a platform where people advertise their projects and get donations from strangers )
Or like.. a secret santa sorta thingy, you can write an anonymous letter to someone that you're not that close to or feeling shy and want to confess or something ._.
Just FYI, only these promotional cards are written in comical Singlish, their menus and other business related menus and booklets are written properly
Giant whole chicken set arrived!
Because we were waiting for Dengyin to end her classes at 3pm, we sat and ate this for 2 and a half hours, who cares, we had unlimited drinks anyway, and chatted nonstop :DDDD Feeels sooooo gooooooood haven't seen her in ages! Probably even longer than not seeing Cheehooi and Kexin the other night!
Dengyin decided to drive past Bugis to avoid the tax barriers and drove to Serangoon instead ( my station! Okay almost every station in Singapore has a mall built above it so going to Serangoon means going to the NEX mall that's built above the train station and bus interchange; similarly, going to Clark Quay station means going to Central Mall and going to Yew Tee MRT means going to Yew Tee Point etc. So we're not just hanging in a train station. To Brizzy people: Imagine a Myer Centre above every train station with underpasses connected to the station )
So we took 2 train rides and transferred ( Google the SG maps if you're really interested ) and found Dengyin at the top floor of nex :D we started delving deep into some personal problems and sharing our experiences and opinions for a while and then we decided to go play at the arcade! :D
MaiMai !! ~
my fingers look so looonnng
Then they went off because Dengz has her regular 7pm tuition classes to give. I went to buy a Zhao Cai Mao, means Fortune-Bringing or Fortune-Waving Cat. In Chinese this type toy is called a 不倒翁 ( non-falling person ) which means that no matter how to roll the cat it'll bounce back upright :D Honestly have no clue what this kind of toy is called in English. So it's a un-fall-able cat that brings fortune ! XD going to bring it along with me when I next go to play Mahjong AHAHAHA
Okay Tuesday, today! K GO!
Dengz had planned a few days ago to go to the Board-Game Cafe today! (bet all of have been waiting for this post because I keep talking about working there and how amooiiiizing it is so now you know!) Before that .. I had to go to the Canadian Embassy one last time this morning to show them my new SG passport and had in the Oath I took and IT'S DONE. I don't have to return to ICA or the Embassy anymoreeeee HURRAYYYYYY my job in Singapore is done, nao fly me back to Australia pleaseeeeee!
Okay so the Embassy was 5minutes from Clark Quay station, so walked back to the station and like I said, there's a mall called Central Mall above it and I went in there to get some KANDY ~ I really like Sticky Candy because it can last forever and it remains yummy forever ~ Even tho it's hard candy, it melts and you can chew it after a few seconds.
If you are curious enough can be bothered to see this ..
become the hard round candy, you can just youtube Sticky Candy Making to find a 10minute clip on how this candy is made and how the different patterns are "printed" into the candy. I've watched the whole thing live so I know (: you actually need a shitload of strength to make this candy
FREE candy for us after I bought 3 jars.
Love Mix for me, because it's all the berry-flavoured ones, Sour ones for Zac and Rock Mix for my mates at QUT eTV !
The solid coloured candies are tastier than the multi-coloured ones IMO, but I like them alllllll, multi ones are chewy-er :x
Okay we got to the cafe and Sheep and Dinnie came to join us shortly after~ So what does this mysterious Board Game Cafe look like you ask? The cafe I used to work at has closed down but had about 1.5x the selection of this cafe so I couldn't spot several games I enjoyed before ):
Game One: Dixit
This is a picture game where you just describe the pictures and it's also a guessing game, I really like it, it's very easy and I'll probably buy this some day soon (: No one's gonna remember if I describe the game here so ... there's always Google if you're curious or you can text meeee (: Maybe because I was a literature student or maybe because I like looking for beauty within things I actually stared at the cards and found them very meaningful, meanwhile everyone's asking me to hurry up XD
DO YOU LIKE THE CARDS? Are you as intrigued as I am? Can you tell a story just by looking at them. YES YOU CAN. I know you can ! :D
Game Two: Jurassic Jumble
This is a party game with lots of screaming shouting and people will get hurt XDD I love this game so much because it's so brainless wahahahaha. *mustplayeverytime
We played another party game
Game Three: Ugly Dolls.
Also involved screaming snatching but it's a more of observation, memory and quick reaction game.
We decided to play a more challenging game, so Strategy game next!
Game Four: Sequence
We played girls vs boys, as you can see the board is made out of poker cards, so you draw poker cards in your turn and you pick a card and take turns placing the chips and try to get 5 in a row twice. The two rows of 5 must be parallel to each other or adjacent. So somewhat like Reversi because you can block your opponent and stuff. We took 45minutes to complete this game ._.
Game Five: The Resistance
This was a much shorter Strategy game, similar to Saboteur, it's about sabotaging a mission as planted spies in a team. You can manipulate others or take away other people's rights with power cards, pretty cool. But Dengz and I lost, therefore this game sucks XD jk jk jk jk ( how can we ... ex-game masters at boardgame cafes lose?! )))): ego-blown LOL )
Game Six: Cash & Guns
hilarious party game of snatching or trying to settle the score diplomatically if that ever works XD
That's all, 4hours of gaming with unlimited flow of drinks at $8 per pax at Settler's Cafe, $6 with Student Pass. WORTH? YYUUUUSSSSSSS. Easy entertainment (: I think Boardgame Cafes are dying out, so hurry go to one while we can.
When I used to work at the cafe I always joined in to play when players were lacking and basically the job is serving food and drinks while teaching and recommending games to the players (: SO FUN !
Labels: Beatmania, BishiBashi, Boardgames, Cafe, Cash, Dixit, Dolls, Guns, hard candy, Jumble, Jurassic, kickstarter, Maimai, Nandos, Resistance, Settlers, Sticky, Ugly
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